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Property Features
Selva Madre is a family owned and operated center. Our goal is to offer you a unique Ayahuasca experience with the utmost professionalism and loving care. The family atmosphere provided at Selva Madre is unparalleled offering you the opportunity to benefit from a long standing generational lineage of healers in the Rimachi Family. With a loving heart and warm embrace we welcome our guests from all walks of life with varying spiritual and cultural backgrounds. We make every effort to make you feel at home as another member of our every growing family in a safe and peaceful environment.
Selva Madre welcomes guests from all over the world and is considered one of the best places in the world for healing therapy and an authentic Ayahuasca spiritual retreat. Don Luis Rimachi has been a practicing Shaman for over 40 years in local native communities. He is dedicated to healing and guides guests from all corners of the world to achieve positive transformation and begin a new path on their spiritual journey. The Ayahuasca is brewed on site and is made with no additives. We have a strict policy that ONLY experienced Curanderos following a strict Dieta brew our Ayahuasca in order to incorporate the purest and highest energies into the medicine.
Selva Madre 10 Day Ayahuasca Retreat
Our Retreat Includes:
- 4 Ayahuasca ceremonies
- Shamanic Dieta
- Shamanic consultations
- Integration discussions in the mornings after ceremonies
- Fresh dietetic meals
- Lodging in private rooms with double bed and shower/bathroom
- Laundry service
- Botanical tour
- Jungle excursion
- Spanish / English Interpreter
- Plant and floral baths
- Transportation from Iquitos to Selva Madre
The Ayahuasca Ceremonies
The Ayahuasca experience is a permanently transformative process on all levels to include the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual parts of our being. It helps reveal our higher self and facilitates deep healing. Our safety protocols are important in order to offer the best experience possible. Unlike other centers that propose five ceremonies or more per week, we feel four ceremonies is the perfect amount per ten day retreat. Ceremonies are held every other day with a day of rest, processing, and consultation in between. Ayahuasca demands 48 hours to be entirely processed by the body and for its teachings to be assimilated. Doing more ceremonies in a short time is definitely not recommended. We feel a 10 day retreat with 4 ceremonies is ideal for most people, but we offer a range of 2 days to multiple years (for apprenticeships).
Detoxing & Purging
Purging is a central element in Amazonian traditional medicine, the purge is provoked by Ayahuasca in order to release physical, emotional and non physical energies that you may have carried since the beginning of your life which have caused health issues, karmic blockages, and emotional disorders. By the end of your stay you will be cleansed from all toxins and energetic charges and have a final consultation with the Shaman.
Accommodation
You will be staying in a private traditional Amazonian jungle bungalow with cement foundation. They are comfortable, spacious, and protected from mosquitoes by screens. Each room contains a double bed and private toilet and shower.
Food
The food is very important to us here at Selva Madre. In order to have the best experience during your retreat we serve fresh and natural local food. The meals are healthy and balanced. We accommodate individuals with specific dietary needs.
Transport
The transport is provided between Selva Madre and Iquitos Airport or your hotel. Selva Madre is located at the other side of the river Nanay from Iquitos, so the journey takes approximately 1 hour from Iquitos city center including taxi and boat.
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vwkat
August 25, 2015 at 12:00 amSelva Madre is a very special place.
Don Luis and his family truly care about the preservation of this sacred healing. Ceremonies were fantastic and were conducted in a beautiful temple with the help of his son and his assistant. I felt very safe under his watchful eye throughout all of the experience. The day after each ceremony we all took part in sharing our experiences with Don Luis and one another. Between ceremony days there’s time for introspection, ample opportunity to connect with fellow attendees, and also various excursions that are both planned and spontaneous.
The facilities are simple and clean and linens were changed for us midweek. There’s also purified water provided at each hut. Special care was given in cooking fresh foods for us that strictly adhered to the ayahuasca dieta. They’re generous in the meals and the food is excellent.
We had an amazing guide and translator who was present to take us on excursions and also to help in the discussion of the experiences during the ayahuasca ceremonies. Most everyone at Selva Madre speaks some English. However, I’d tell anyone traveling to Peru to learn some Spanish. It will help you in all aspects of your adventures!
It’s really hard to put into words what this family has created in their retreat center. They are lovely people. I can’t recommend the experience enough and I hope to go back! Truly transformative. Go to Selva Madre!
mvodovoz
August 25, 2015 at 12:00 amIf you like to step away from the perpetual circle of sameness and look deeply inside of your Soul, take an Ayahuasca trip to Selva Madre: Magical Land, Magical Place and Magical People!
Incredible Journey!
In Love forever with Selva Madre!
Marina V. from Chicago
August 2015
beksenanayake
July 30, 2015 at 12:00 amThis has been the best experience of my life. I would highly recommend Selva Madre to anyone seeking to experience the true essence of Ayahuasca.
The facilities are clean, there is an abundance of beautiful food, and the ceremonies are mesmerising. You are truly looked after by the entire team at Selva Madre on your journey.
Don Luis, the shaman, is sensational, and truly guides you on your journey to spiritual awakening. He is assisted by Luis Jr. and Anderson who are both caring, kind, and gentle. It is an incredibly safe and protected environment, and they encourage you to deeply explore your spirituality. The entire family, and staff members of Selva Madre are sensational, and are always guiding and assisting you.
On non-ceremony days, various tours are conducted by Ronald. There are opportunities to learn more about traditional medicine, and explore the power of the jungle. These tours are highly stimulating, and informative.
The food is freshly cooked every day from local produce. The meals were fantastic, and there was plenty for everyone. Thank you Monica!
The facilities are very clean. You are provided with everything that you need.
I couldn’t possibly say higher things about Selva Madre, the family, and the staff members. It is a life changing experience. Thank you. I highly recommend Selva Madre.
aznrome0
July 15, 2015 at 12:00 amThis is my first experience with Ayahuasca. This is own by a wonderful family. They made sure you are safe at your stay at all times. The staff was friendly and made sure you got your meal everyday. I had a good insight and will never be negative about myself. I will continue to heal each day thanks to everybody from Selva Madre. After doing your Ayahuasca you will have a one on one talk with the shaman to go in depth of the meaning of your visions. The very last day you get to go on a Field Trip. Thank you to all my friends at Selva Madre.
kmc1213
June 2, 2015 at 12:00 amMy husband and I chose to go to Selva Madre for our jungle experience in May 2015. We carefully searched centers and we were both drawn to the intimate and authentic setting that Selma Madre would provide for our spiritual retreat. Our questions that we asked via e-mail were answered right away and we felt like we made the right decision. I had no expectations of the experience and was pretty open-minded going in.
Firstly, we love Iquitos. While it is a large city, it has a small town feel as the people as so friendly. We were picked up and taken by motor-taxi, boat and then another motor-taxi to Selva Madre. Everything was well organized. It was exciting to have no idea where we were headed.
When we arrived, everyone was very nice and we were taken to our room. The rooms were primitive but have privacy and everything we needed. They were clean and we had water to drink and to shower. The property is extremely well maintained and very quiet.
The ceremonies were extraordinary. Don Lucho was a kind man, a gifted and insightful Shaman who treated everyone with care and compassion. He saw the issues we were dealing with without needing to speak them. I felt safe. The ceremonies were emotional at times, peaceful at others and funny at still others. The purge was real..I left Selva Madre with a lightness I haven’t felt in years.
We left Selva Madre a few days early due to my husband getting sick to his stomach. Don Lucho escorted us back to Iquitos and would not leave our side until he know my husband had been seen by a doctor and had received proper medical care. He said this was his responsibility. That spoke volumes to us about his character and motivations. Don Lucho and his family truly care about healing people and they take this mission seriously and with the care one would hope for.
If you are looking for an authentic experience, a highly skilled Shaman and a gentle, emotional and spiritual purge, I highly recommend Selva Madre.
Thank you Don Lucho and family for taking such good care of us. K & C